AND COMPLETE HERBAL. 293 
GoveRnMEnT and Viatues. Mars owns the herb. The decottion of ground- 
pine, drunk, doth wonderfully prevail againft the ftranguary, or any inward. pains 
arifing from the difeafes of the reins and urine, and-is good for all obftructions of 
the liver and f{pleen, and gently openeth the body, for which purpofe they were wont 
in former times to make pills with the powder thereof and the purple figs. It help- 
eth the difeafes of the mother, ufed inwardly or applied outwardly, procuring the 
courfes, and.expelling the dead child and after-birth. Itaéts fo powerfully, that it 
is utterly forbidden for women with child, in that it will caufe abortion, or delivery 
before the time: it is effeétual alfo in all pains and difeafes of the joints, as gouts, 
cramps, palfies, fciatica, and achs ; either the decoétion of the herb in wine taken 
inwardly, or applied outwardly, or both, for fome time together; for which pur- 
pofe the pills, made with the powder of ground pine, and of hermodattils, with 
Venice turpentine, are very effectual. Thefe pills alfo are good for the dropf 5 to be 
_continued for fome time. The fame is a good help for the jaundice, and for gripiag 
Pains in the joints, belly, or inward parts; it helpeth alfo all difeafes of the brain, 
proceeding of cold and phlegmatic humours and diftillations, as alfo the falling- 
ficknefs. It is an efpecial remedy for the poifon of the aconites ofall forts, and 
other poifonous herbs, as alfo againft the ftinging of any venomous creature...It is a 
good remedy for a cold cough, efpecially in the beginning. For all the purpofes 
aforefaid, the herb, being tunned up in new drink and drunk, is almoft as effectual, 
but far more acceptable to weak and dainty ftomachs. The diftilled water of the 
herb hath the fame effeéts, but in a fmaller degree. The conferve of the flowers 
doth the like, which Mathiolus much commendeth againft the palfy. The green 
herb, or the decoétion thereof, being applied, diffolveth the hardnefs of womens 
breafts, and all other hard fwellings in any other part of the body. The green herb 
alfo, applied, or the juice thereof with fome honey, not only cleanfeth putrid, ftink- 
ing, foul, and malignant, ulcers and fores of all forts, but healeth up the lips of green 
wounds in any part alfo. 
Sneisioannh og 0 pe NT AEN: 
‘THIS groweth fo familiarly in meadows and fields, and by pathways, and is fo 
well known, that it needeth no defcription. : 
‘Time. Itisin its beauty about June, and the feed ripeneth fhortly after. é 
“Government anp Virtues, It is under the command of Venus, and cures the 
head by antipathy to Mars, and the privities by fympathy to Venus, neither is there : 
hardly a martial difeafe but it cures. The juice of plantain, clarified and paar 
